[sect. 2]
cetera belle: sc. fuerunt. Cf. sic, Ep. V.3n, and bellus, Ep. XX IV. 2 n.
eodem exemplo, with identical contents.
sed miror, etc.: the matter must have been very poor which Trebatius erased to make room for such a letter as the one was which took its place.
tuas formulas: attracted by haec into the acc.
non enim puto, etc., you are not scratching out my letters, are you, to make room for yours?
frigere te: cf. Intr. 99.
chartam: cf. Intr. 59.
verecundiam: in Ep. XXI. 3 Cicero recommends Trebatius to Caesar on the score of modesty.